Entry requirements | Organizing your trip | Visiting | Eating | Paying | Speaking |

Entry requirements

Passport and visa service

Thai Visa

Diplomatic representations

List of Thai embassies abroad.

For more information

Embassy of Thailand in Greece
25, rue Marathonodromon & Kyprou
154 52 Psychico
Phone: 2106749065, 2106710155
Fax: 2106749508
thaiath@otenet.gr

Organizing your trip

Means of transport recommended in town

Recommendation

Using taxi is the most practical way of traveling in every Thai city.

Maps of urban networks

Maporama
Mapblast
UT Library on line

Means of transport recommended in the rest of the country

Recommendation

It is easy to travel within Thailand using airlines and road and public transport.

Rail companies

State railways of Thailand

Flight from Greece

One aircraft company offer direct air connections from Athens to Bangkok : Thai Airways. To find out air connections from Greece to Thailand click here

Traveling by yourself

Recommendation

The road network is in general in good condition and traffic conditions are mostly good in Thailand.

Road maps

Multi maps Thailand
A Thailand Map

Find an itinerary

Via Michelin

Visiting

Different forms of tourism

Historical

-In Bangkok: Wat Po (the oldest temple of Bangkok and the biggest convent of Thailand) and the Great Palace
-In Phuket: the Chinese and Buddhist temples.
-In the Northeast: the Khmer temples and the Thai silk manufacture.
-Islands and beaches located in the Bay of Thailand

Cultural

You can access information on tourism and culture in Thailand on tourismthailand.org.

Nature

You can access information on tourism and nature in Thailand on Thailand Tourism Directory website.

Religious

You can access information on tourism and religious sites on The Thailand Tourism Directory website. 

Thermal

Located inside Mae Ka Sa village, the Mae Ka Sa Thermal bath offers several thermal baths with beautiful scenery. Go to this link.

Beach

You can access information on the best beaches in Thailand on this link.

Winter sports

None.

Outdoor activities

Thailand is a popular holiday destination for young backpackers, partly because of the multitude of outdoor adventure activities that can be done at a fraction of the cost in other countries.

Shopping

You can access information on tourism and shopping on The Thailand Tourism Directory website. 

Tourism organizations

Tourism Authority of Thailand

Eating

Food specialties

Thailand's cuisine is regarded by many people as one of the best in the world. Since the 1970s, Thai cuisine has become a public cuisine internationaly. Bangkok today has hundreds of  cooking schools. A good Thai meal typically includes a blend of spicy, mild, sweet, and sour dishes. Among the most popular Thai dishes are curries made with coconut milk, shrimp paste, garlic, chili peppers, and seasonings such as coriander, lemongrass, galangal, and Kaffir lime leaves. The Thai use fish sauce—today a commercially prepared extract—as a basic ingredient for many dishes in the same way that the Chinese use soy sauce. Although rice is fundamental to Thai cuisine, the Thai have adopted many foods, such as noodles, that form a basic element of Chinese and Chinese cuisine.

Drinks

Beers, wines and spirits are readily available . A big favourite among Thai people is rice whisky of which Mehkong is the leading brand. It has a sharp, sweet taste similar to rum. Several brands of beer are produced in Thailand, most popular is the local Singha beer.

Dietary restrictions

Although most Thais are Buddhists, there are no food restrictions in Thailand.

Paying

Domestic currency

Thailand Baht

ISO Code

THB

To obtain domestic currency

The local currency is the Thai Baht (THB). It is availble at ATM in Airports and cities and in all bureaux de change.

Possible means of payment

All type of credit card. It is also important to have cash available.

Exchange rate on

Automatic Teller Machines (ATM)

To find out the locations of ATMs in in Thailand, click on the link to your credit card: Visa, Mastercard or American Express

Speaking

Official language

Thai

Other languages spoken

English is a second language taught in most schools . However it may be difficult to find people able to speak English as only 28 % of the population reach the secondary level at school. Chinese is also often used.

Business language

Thai and English.

Getting some knowledge

Free online Thai lessons are available on the Learning Thai website.

Free translation tools

Thai Visa Forum - Portal of on-line dictionaries and thai language ressources
Thai 2 English - Translation tool
Ferdosi - Not Free Greek-Thai-Greek translator

We can translate your foreign-language documents.

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Last updates: February 2012